Malala Yousafzai

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2,791 appearances 13 recordings 7 series first heard Dec 2024 last heard 28 May

Malala Yousafzai’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I was in the hospital, recovering from one last surgery to repair the facial paralysis I suffered after the attack.

I picked up my phone and saw the Taliban had taken control of Afghanistan.

My foundation had been hope and optimism.

But then, in a single day, my belief in progress shattered.

Because the Afghan girls are not giving up on learning, even if it means risking their lives.

It is far from the education that they deserve, but it's a start.

When I was a child, I thought changing the world was simple.

I would tell the people in charge all of my problems, and they would fix them.

I know how naive this sounds now, but at nine or 10 years old, it made sense to me.

I lived in a remote, mountainous region of Pakistan.

The prime minister was more than 100 miles away from me.

In the capital city, he couldn't see the trash polluting our rivers or our broken school bus or hospitals without dated equipment.

I was sure that our leaders could solve all of these problems if only I could get their attention.

At age 11,

I faced the biggest, most devastating problem of my life.

The Taliban took control of my town and decreed that girls could no longer go to school.

I knew what life would be like for me without an education.

Marriage in my teens, two or three children by the time I was just 20.

It meant I would have no choice, no control of my future.

If I was ever going to get people's attention, this was the moment.

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